Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 - English poetry |
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... scenes which , through length of time , they had almost forgotten . They will be re- minded of one , who was once the compa- nion of their chosen hours , and who set out with them in early life , in the paths which lead to literary ...
... scenes which , through length of time , they had almost forgotten . They will be re- minded of one , who was once the compa- nion of their chosen hours , and who set out with them in early life , in the paths which lead to literary ...
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... scene when Chatham died . B. Not so - the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She cloth'd him with authority and awe ...
... scene when Chatham died . B. Not so - the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She cloth'd him with authority and awe ...
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... scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land , And ...
... scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land , And ...
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... scene . In front of these came Addison . In him Humour in holiday and sightly trim , Sublimity and attic taste , combin'd , To polish , furnish , and delight , the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itself exact , In verse well disciplin'd ...
... scene . In front of these came Addison . In him Humour in holiday and sightly trim , Sublimity and attic taste , combin'd , To polish , furnish , and delight , the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itself exact , In verse well disciplin'd ...
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... verdure of the field , and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads : She fills profuse ten thousand little throats With music , modulating all their notes ; And charms the woodland scenes , and wilds un- known 36 TABLE TALK .
... verdure of the field , and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads : She fills profuse ten thousand little throats With music , modulating all their notes ; And charms the woodland scenes , and wilds un- known 36 TABLE TALK .
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beams beneath bids blest bliss blooming groves boast breast brighter day call'd charms courser dark declension deeds delight design'd divine docet dream earth ev'ning ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fool form'd frown give glory GLOW-WORM God's grace hand happy hast hate hear heart heav'n heav'nly hope hour int'rest joys land learn'd life's light lov'd lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never o'er once pass'd peace pharisee PINE-APPLE pity plain pleasure poet's pow'r praise pray'rs pride proud prove religion Rome sacred scene scorn scorn'd scripture seem'd shine sight skies slave smile song sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye tempest thee their's theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE VIRG virtue waste Whate'er wisdom woes zeal